Malrangam Krishnamurti
Mar 8, 2016
Malrangam ("Krishna") Krishnamurti, 86, a resident of West Stockbridge, MA since December 2000, died on March 8, 2016 after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 38 years Ilana Kleiner Krishnamurti, his son Mohan Krishnamurti and daughter-in-law Radha, his son Bala Krishnamurti, his granddaughters Dr. Kriti Mohan and Kiran Mohan, his grandsons Rahul Bala...
Stanley L. Lane
Mar 1, 2016
Immediately following the funeral service we will proceed to Ahavath Sholom Cemetery located on Blue Hill Road in Great Barrington for the burial. After the burial everyone is invited back to Hevreh of Southern Berkshire to join the family in a Meal of Consolation .
Shiva will be observed...
Michelle C. Gillett
Feb 11, 2016
Michelle Gillett, poet and beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, died in her home on February 11, 2016. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in November of 2015. Michelle was born in New York City on January 3, 1948. Her parents were Phyllis and Paul Cherney and she grew up in Hartsdale, New York. Michelle graduated...
William Samuel Maxwell Montgomery
Feb 11, 2016
MONTGOMERY, W.S. Maxwell of Lenox, MA, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the age of 94. Max was born in Brookline, MA to the late Samuel and Elizabeth (Maxwell) Montgomery, who immigrated to the United States from Ireland. A graduate of Brookline High School, Max went on to study engineering at Brown University. Although a member of the...
Lakhan S. Verma
Feb 6, 2016
Lakhan Verma, 79, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2016. Born on August 8, 1936 in Kyampur, Aligarh, India, he was the son of the late Rampal and Revati Singh. He came to the United States to attend the University of Missouri, receiving a BS degree in mechanical engineering. Over his career as a construction project manager he worked...
David Samuel Wells
Feb 4, 2016
David Samuel Wells, 74, passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at his home in Sheffield, MA.
A native and lifelong resident, David was born in Sheffield on November 21, 1941, the son of Leonard and Marie (Tompkins) Wells. He was a graduate of Mt. Everett Regional H.S. (1960) and the Stockbridge School...
Rev. Dr. Max Lynn Stackhouse
Jan 30, 2016
The Rev. Dr. Max L. Stackhouse passed away at the age of 80 at his home in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday, January 30. After graduating from DePauw University and Harvard Divinity School, Dr. Stackhouse was ordained by the United Church of Christ and went on to be internationally recognized as a theologian...
Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown
Jan 28, 2016
Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown, whose warm smile and uncommonly generous ways were well known to many throughout the Berkshires, died peacefully at her home in Stockbridge on January 28th, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 66. The daughter of the late state senator John Hitchcock Fitzpatrick and Jane Pratt Fitzpatrick, Ann was born in Rutland, Vermont on December...
Leo B. Jansen
Jan 19, 2016
Leo B. Jansen, 95, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 holding the hand of his beloved and devoted wife Liselotte “Lee” at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, CT. Leo was born in Bonn, Germany on November 28, 1920. He and his wife and young daughter immigrated to West Hartford, CT in 1956. In 2005 he and Lee...
Pauline Barbara Dutton
Jan 10, 2016
Pauline Barbara Dutton of Kinderhook, NY and Canaan, CT passed away on January 10, 2016 at the age of 90. Born in New York City, she was the adored wife of the late Ben Joseph Dutton, an inspirational and devoted mother to Deborah Dutton Minton and Pamela Barbara Dutton and grandmother of Sebastian Frugone and Alexandra Frugone....
Shiras Parker Reeves
Dec 27, 2015
Shiras Parker Reeves, 86, of Partridge Drive in South Egremont, MA died on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, CT. Born March 18, 1929 in Pittsfield, MA he was the son of Frank and Elsie Shiras Reeves. Shiras worked as an Insurance underwriter but his true passion was being on the...
Robert Leslie Markovits
Dec 20, 2015
Robert Leslie Markovits, a long-time resident of Stockbridge, died Sunday morning, December 20, at the age of 78. Bob had a BA and LLB from Cornell University and an LLM in taxation from New York University. An early interest in sports journalism culminated in his being the sports editor of the Cornell Daily Sun and, during one summer, an interim...
Maude Smith Lovett
Dec 14, 2015
Maude Smith Lovett, 78, of Lower Road in Canaan, Connecticut passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015 at Geer Nursing Home in Canaan, CT. Born April 7, 1937 in Stanfordville, NY she was the daughter of Delos Rifenburgh and May Bertha Antine Rifenburgh. She attended schools in Pine Plains, NY. Maude enjoyed sewing and often made teddy...
Annie L. Mccormick
Dec 3, 2015
Annie L. McCormick, 87, a longtime resident of Pixley Hill Road in West Stockbridge passed away December 3, 2015 after a short illness in Melbourne, Florida. She had been living in The Villages, Florida since 2004. Mrs. McCormick is survived by two sons, Willard “Will” G. Losaw, Jr. and wife Young Su of Pittsfield, MA, Stephen D. Losaw of Pittsfield,...
Violet M. Cronk
Dec 2, 2015
Violet M. Cronk, 92, passed away at Geer Nursing & Rehabilitation on December 2, 2015. Born on February 18, 1923, in New Marlborough, she was the daughter of Robert and Helen Bailey McLean. She was educated in local schools. She married her husband Paul Cronk, Sr. in 1945 and they lived in Ashley Falls where they raised their family. Violet...
Michael C. Stephen
Nov 25, 2015
~ The family invites people to join them for a memorial gathering on Sunday, January 10, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Castle Street Cafe, 10 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Michael C. Stephen, 75, of Main Street, Stockbridge passed away on November 25, 2015 at Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. Born July...
Gerald "Hank" Cooper
Nov 24, 2015
Gerald “Hank” R. Cooper, 93, passed away on November 24, 2015 at Craneville Place in Dalton, MA. Born in Glendale, MA on February 9, 1922, he was the son of William and Edith Bechtel Cooper. He was educated in local schools and graduated for the former Williams High School in Stockbridge, MA. After graduation, Hank served four years in the...
Katherine D. Zink
Nov 22, 2015
Katherine D. Zink, 48, passed away suddenly on November 22, 2015 at Fairview Hospital. Born on January 14, 1967 in Massapequa, NY, she was the daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Campbell Behne. Katherine was a graduate of Mt. Everett Regional High School in Sheffield, class of 1985. She worked for many years at Berkshire Bark as a chocolate maker, a...
Rose Joan Balestro
Nov 21, 2015
Rose Joan Balestro, 98 of West Stockbridge died peacefully on November 21, 2015 at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born in the family home in West Stockbridge on September 5, 1917, the youngest of nine children of Antonio and Antonia Veronesi Consolini. Rose attended local schools and graduated from the former Williams High School. She was a...
Barbara P. Robbins
Nov 20, 2015
Mrs. Barbara P. Robbins, 93, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015. Born in Cummington, MA on May 29, 1922 she was the daughter Jesse R. and Myrtle Streeter Porter. She married her husband, the late Horace “Hob” Robbins on June 17, 1944 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Together the couple made their home in Sheffield in the early 1950’s. Barbara...
